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CAM and the African American Mayors Association launch new national fellowship
This new national fellowship will rejuvenate the historic alliance between Black and Jewish communities in the United States
Anne Frank and ‘Night’ may soon be required reading in Texas public schools
Educators must light the way to root out antisemitism - opinion
Jewish students at DePaul continue to face threats after violent campus attack - interview
Rabbinical student receives $1.2M donations after Humans of New York feature
An interview with DiCo about what that money will accomplish, how the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers started him on a path toward Judaism, and what speech, debate have in common with Jewish ritual:
New NUS president repeatedly called for violence on Israelis
Shaima Dallali, the newly-elected National Union of Students president, backed violence against Israelis on several occasions last year.
Jewish parent threatens to burn down son's school over mask policy
After a parent at a Miami Jewish school said he would burn the school down, his ten-year-old son was expelled and he was ultimately arrested.
New Matan fellowship empowers female scholars to publish books of Torah scholarship
The Kitvuni fellowship will be directed by Dr. Yael Ziegler, Matan’s Rosh Batei Midrash and Academic Director.
New web platform looks to rethink pluralistic Jewish education
Meet Truvie, a new platform offering virtual Jewish education experiences, such as Minecrafting a Sukkah and virtual guitar jam circles.
Mosaic United to donate $23m. for Jewish campus programs
Jerusalem-based initiative Mosaic United and its partners committed to providing USD $23 million to 400 schools to fund Jewish student programming for the sixth year in a row.
Jewish schools in London shaken by allegations of sexual abuse
These allegations, which include rape, assault and harassment, make grim reading for Britain’s two most prestigious and largest Jewish schools: JFS and the Jewish Community Secondary School.
Antisemitic incidents in US third highest on record despite lockdowns
The total number of incidents decreased by 4% in 2020, likely due to the closure of educational institutions and synagogues, as well as a decrease in commuting.
Jewish schools focus on anti-racist education with new initiative
Many of the school’s 900 or so students, including a few who are Black, were asking questions about police brutality and systemic racism in American society.
Jewish studies just as important as secular studies - opinion
If yeshiva students are “functionally illiterate” in secular studies, many secular students in public schools have little knowledge of Judaism and are “functionally illiterate” in Jewish studies.
